Friday, March 11, 2016

EASTER

Xa chegou a primavera e o coello de Pascua xa está aquí. É hora de busquemos os ovos que deixou por todas partes.

-Easter counting:
SONGS
https://elt.oup.com/student/newtreetops/level1/songs/nti_level01_14_16?cc=global&selLanguage=en


"Here comes the Easter Bunny" song

https://elt.oup.com/student/newtreetops/level2/songs/nti_level02_14_16?cc=global&selLanguage=en
 One version of  HOT CROSS BUNS

-Little Bunny Foo Foo :


-Easter bunny rap ( click to listen the song):

-You can't touch this (listen and dance with the rabbit):



-Ten bunnies counting song 
This is the way the bunny hop
STORIES



-Easter information


-Easter tale


 
-"Inside an Easter  Egg" 

MOVIES

-Watch the trailers of the movie :

"HOP"














-"Snoopy and the dancing bunnies" video




-"Theme Planet" ( short video )






FAMOUS RABBITS


-Bugs bunny Easter yeggs:



-The Tale of Peter Rabbit


CRAFTS
-how to decorate Easter eggs:





-How to do an Origami Easter Bunny



-Origami  basket


-Origami Easter  Egg

-Making an Easter  Bonnet

REAL LIFE :
EASTER IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
How do people celebrate Easter in England






-My Easter (read how an English Boy celebrates Easter)


-Egg Rolling in Easter Sunday (watch the video ):



-Easter Egg Rolling at the White House (USA):


-"Easter morning" video :




-Easter parade in New York ( you can see different Easter Bonnets)
  





-Rabbit jumping competition:






EASTER  FOOD:



-How to make CHOCOLATE EGGS

British Food: How To Make Hot Cross Buns


-Easter Hot Cross Buns : the best way to eat them


SCIENCE
How to make an  egg  jump


 What kind of music do bunnies like?Hip hop


Monday, January 4, 2016

TRANSPORTS

You can learn about transports and how to ask and answer questions about transportation.













VOCABULARY

-Watch the "Muzzy vocabulary" video


-Vocabulary 1: go to "first course" and the "beginning"



SONGS AND CHANTS
 
-Listen the song  "We All Go Traveling By"  .This song belongs to BAREFOOT BOOKS and you can listen and watch  it in you tube.  
Hop aboard the yellow school bus as it makes its way through town. Different modes of transportation are each paired with a color in this educational and fun selection.

-Here is  another song "Transportation song" by How are you Mr. Dan. I found it in youtube and in this case you can review the transport's names and at the same time you will learn some sentences .

-click here to listen the "TRANSPORTS CHANT"
 

-And here is the famous song "HOW DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? " Enjoy!
-Watch the video and listen the song "Transportation song"



-The wheels on the bus (traditional song)

This is  another youtube version of the song THE WHEELS ON THE BUS by MOTHER GOOSE  club.




-In a car (easy story)


IN BRITAINLook at the video and you can see all kinds of transports in London:

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

JOBS


WORK  AND  PLAY   
VOCABULARY
 
_Watch  the video and learn the vocabulary  about  jobs 

 
More vocabulary



       
-In this  video you can listen people answering the question What do you do?





 
-More  about  jobs

ADVERBS  OF  FREQUENCY

 
How often do you...?

How often does she or  he ...?

The day of a reporter


How often do you swim?

STORIES 



 



SONGS 

-Listen and  sing the  song  "People  work" 


-Another  song : "People  song"    



-And  now  listen Shania  Twain singing  "She's not  just  a pretty face" 
 

-And now if you want to check the  answers  just listen and look at the lyrics below

https://www.edu.xunta.es/espazoAbalar/sites/espazoAbalar/files/datos/1364982211/contido/jobs.html

After listening the  song you can do this  activities about  it.


REAL  ENGLISH
Listen this people answering the  question What's your job?


More  people talking about their  jobs . This time  they are in Miami



Now watch and listen these children telling waht they want to be  when they grow up

-This is  a  funny video  with small kids  talking about  what they want to be when they grow up

Friday, November 20, 2015

THANKSGIVING DAY



HISTORY
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.In this country , the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth, in Massachusetts.
The event was celebrated to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The pilgrims invited the native Americans to join the celebration.
In 1863 President Lincoln made it a national holiday.
The traditional food prepared nowadays for this celebration is: stuffed turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.


VOCABULARY
-These are some vocabulary words related to Thanksgiving :





SONGS
 -"Gobble,Gobble"  song


-"I will survive" , a Thanksgiving version:


-"The gobble song" :

-"Run away , Mr. Turkey":


-"What are you thankful for?" , a song for the little ones



VIDEOS

-A "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" video:

-"Turkey day" video:




STORIES
-"The Thanksgiving the Jacks built" story